Obituaries

A native of Scott County, he lived in the Craddock area most of his life.

He retired as an administrator from Norfolk Southern Railroad after 41 years of service. He was an Army veteran of World War I.

Mr. Agee was a member of Craddock Baptist Church, Portsmouth, and a deacon emeritus of the church. He had served as chairman of Norfolk County Draft Board for 33 years and was the oldest member of the Order of White Jacket at the College of William and Mary.

Survivors include one daughter, Nancy A. Hodges of Chesapeake; three sons, Joseph S. Agee of Williamsburg, James L. Agee III of Detroit, Mich., and Jack K. Agee of Colorado Springs, Colo.; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Charles H. Riggs.

The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today in Snellings Funeral Home, George Washington Highway Chapel.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Craddock Baptist Church Building Fund, 96 Afton Parkway, Portsmouth 23702.

Mrs. Ashby was a lifelong resident of the Williamsburg area. She retired from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Laundry in 1981 after 35 years of service. She formerly was employed by the College of William and Mary.

She was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, the Highland Park Civic Association and of Local No. 32 for Retirees of Colonial Williamsburg. She was also a member of the National Association fr the Advancement of Colored People.

A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a member of Shiloah Baptist Church in Zuni.

Survivors include her stepdaughter, Alma Butler of Windsor; three sisters, Queen Gray and Louise Liggins, both of East Orange, N.J., and Pattie Drew of Zuni; two brothers, Ned Jones of Baltimore and Lee Jones of East Orange; and seven grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Shiloah Baptist Church by Rev. Lewis Stokes. Burial will be in Morning Star Baptist Church cemetery in Windsor.

The body will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Saturday. The family will receive friends at the home of Aaron Chapman, Route 1, Zuni.

A Suffolk native, Miss Boone was employed at the Watts Health Foundation in Los Angeles. She was a graduate of East Suffolk High School and Hampton University and received a master's degree from Howard University. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta, the Association of Black Social Workers, Epicureans and the Golden Age Club of California.

A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Suffolk, by the Rev. Hodge. An Omega Omega service will be held by the Suffolk Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta after the funeral.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Suffolk Rescue Squad or the American Cancer Society.

He is survived by hs wife, Mary Lue Boykins; two daughters, Catherine Taylor of Suffolk and Evelyn Holmes of Zuni; four sons, John W. Boykins, James M. Boykins, Alfred Boykins and Lewis Boykins, all of Zuni; one sister, Gracie Twine of Ivor; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.